He'd have a good case. He'd have beaten BJ at LW (including getting more takedowns than Fitch, Macdonald, and Hughes did), been the only guy to beat Gray Maynard -- and doing it by KO -- and then arguably outfought Benson Henderson, before going down and beating Aldo who himself is a p4p great -- all while being smaller than the 145er.

Kinkle - "He could make 35. Can he beat Aldo and Cruz/Barao/MacDonald? Remains to be seen."

Can Edgar beat 135lb fighter??? Are you fucking serious asking that?

Confused by your question... Can he beat a 135 lb fighter? Sure he could. He can beat 90% of them. However, cutting 20 lbs and losing his speed advantage makes me question whether he can beat the BW champ (be it Cruz, Barao, or McDonald).

Kinkle - You can argue that Edgar is the best at 155, but you'd definitely be wrong. Benson is OBVIOUSLY the best. I agree though, Edgar is the #1 P4P and will beat Aldo tonight to be undisputed #1 P4P.

Many, including me, think he won the second fight with Benson. Sherdog's pbp had two of their writers scoring it for Edgar and the third scoring it a draw. Sports Illustrated and in fact most media thought Edgar won.

This, plus Edgar KOing Maynard, dominating BJ, and pounding out Bocek (whom Benson went the distance with) make it easily arguable that Edgar is better than Benson.

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